Hey! My name is Ben Hodges. I live in Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada and I'm a musician.  I’ve also been playing drums for close to 20 years now, playing in many bands, recording lots of songs, and sharing stages with bands like The Headstones, I Mother Earth, Bif Naked, Sloan, Harlequin, One Bad Son, The Lazys, and many many more to name. I’ve been lucky enough to play in front of large crowds in places from right here at home, all the way to Hollywood, California!

Like every drummer,  their stories are a little bit different on how they became the drummer that they are. Some people go to university to get music degrees,  some people go to private lessons, some people invest in online courses and masterclasses, and some people are just completely self taught.

So what’s my story?

I started playing drums when I was 17 years old, and I am a completely self-taught drummer. In fact, all through my school life I played saxophone.  It's when I graduated high school is when I picked up my first pair of drumsticks and started learning drums. I never went to university to get a music degree, and you don’t need to either to become a great musician. Watching other drummers, going to concerts, meeting other musicians, and jamming with them, studying, appreciating lots of music, and like most people nowadays, scouring the Internet were great places to learn from. Thankfully, I’ve done that for you.

With my decade long experience as a teacher, I feel very confident that I can use my skills and processes, and I can apply them directly to my drumming.  I'm talking about goal setting, practicing skill development, coaching, mental health and stress management, technique, or even the styles that people learn.  I know some people learn best from watching, some people learn best from listening, some people learn best by doing; there's lots of ways that people can learn.

I personally find online (nowadays with social media) very overwhelming with how much information there is with regards to drumming and it's hard to decipher which is good information and which is not.  Lately, drumming has become a unique “sport” with who can drum the fastest or best, and it puts pressure on the definition of what a “good drummer” truly is. This is why BH Drum Academy was created.

I started BH drum Academy with the hopes of creating as many drummers as I possibly can because I have a passion for not only music and performing, but teaching and educating as well.  That’s what I was put on this earth to do.

I am so confident that this will work, I want to work with you until it completes BH Drum Academy’s fundamental goal. Building passion in music and performing drums.

I'm hoping that you will build some of the same passion I have to invest in your drumming in practice what you learn. 

So whether you're brand new at drumming or already a drummer who wants to expand their knowledge, I'm thrilled that you're here.